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you know, davos is often caricatured but i find it u useful. wherever could you meet leaders from all over the world in an informal setting for over four days. that has been the case for the two extraordinary interviews i have for you. the first is with larry summers the head of the economic council at the white house and the second is foreign minister mottaki. i remembered back a year ago in davos when the entire financial world was in a state of shock. the global financial system was crippled and the global economy was in its most significant contraction in 50 years and gloom was pervasive. this year, the financial system has stabilized, almost every major economy in the world is beginning to grow again and few political and social upheavals as a consequence of the crash of 2008. so, that should be reason enough to cheer loudly, right? but the mood at davos is unease. there is a general perception that we're entering a new world. the advance industrial world has staved off catastrophe but at great costs. debt deficits. the old certainties abo
you know, davos is often caricatured but i find it u useful. wherever could you meet leaders from all over the world in an informal setting for over four days. that has been the case for the two extraordinary interviews i have for you. the first is with larry summers the head of the economic council at the white house and the second is foreign minister mottaki. i remembered back a year ago in davos when the entire financial world was in a state of shock. the global financial system was crippled...
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it got us thinking. >> i don't know what the deal is. >> i'm going to tell the senator the deal. >> but we'll find out what the deal was, just like the deals -- >> what about the serious talk only please act, or s.t.o.p.? a voter can dream. >>> thanks for watching "state of the union." i'm candy crowley in washington. for our international viewers, "world report" is next. for everyone else, freed za ykaa gps starts right now. >>> welcome to everyone in the united states and around the world. i'm fareed zakaria. for the last few week, it seemed every week brings with it some new tidbit concerning the rise of china. the most recent one last week is that japan seceded to china's demands and released a captain. that came on the heels of news that china had surpassed japan and became the world's second largest economy. that came on the heels of reports of the massive efficacy of china's stimulus program. and so on. but in all this news, one rarely gets the chance to hear from one of the people running this remarkable country, one that has grown now for over 9% a year for over 30 years. well,
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they come to us for help. at ge capital, we've been financing taylor guitars for over eight years, helping them build a strong dealer network. bringing music to people... i like that. ♪ ♪ [ bob ] i didn't know you could play. i didn't either. ♪ that new healthcare law sure sounds good for all of us on medicare. starting next year, we'll get free check-ups, cancer screenings, lower prescription costs. and better ways to protect us and medicare from fraud, so it will stay strong for our kids and grandkids. now, that's music to my ears. ♪ personal pricing now on brakes. tell us what you want to pay. we do our best to make that work. deal! my money. my choice. my meineke. >>> in my last interview with premier wen in 2008, i asked him a question about the 1989 protests at tiananman square and china's response to the protests. chinese officials aren't used to be being asked about such topics but he was frank saying political reform had to go along with economic reforms. since then wen jiabao has done somethi
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it's what history tells us. it's what the international experience tells us. there's big reforms which will be slow to take effect about the way we pay for health care, about how we decide whether treatments should be applied, but all of that wrapped inside a package that finally gives more or less universal access to health insurance. >> robert samuelson, you have been long skeptical about the cost controls. >> by not controlling health spending we are making this series of unintended political decisions about whatnot to spend it on. we're not spending on schools. we're not spending more on basic research. ultimately -- or on defense, national security, or national parks. go down the list of things that the government does, most of which are very good, and provide high benefits for the public. by not controlling health spending, we are allowing this sort of leviathan to squeeze out all these other public goods. i think to our detriment. we are also -- we are putting enormous pressure, upward pressure on taxes, squeezing private incomes. so a decision is being
it's what history tells us. it's what the international experience tells us. there's big reforms which will be slow to take effect about the way we pay for health care, about how we decide whether treatments should be applied, but all of that wrapped inside a package that finally gives more or less universal access to health insurance. >> robert samuelson, you have been long skeptical about the cost controls. >> by not controlling health spending we are making this series of...
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over a billion used. with envelopes starting at just $4.90, flat rate shipping is the hassle-free way to ship. pass it on. with flat rate boxes, there's no need to weigh anything up to 70 pounds. if it fits, it ships. you ship all different sizes? distributor caps to brake shoes. so 4 box sizes come in handy. if it fits, it ships. documents to different states? coast to coast. with flat rate envelopes, i ship anywhere in the country international too, for a low flat rate. now, we'd like to pass...
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in fact, the war itself got us out of a depression and got us into investments in important technologies and industries. and then we had, you know, kind of the -- you know, the cold war. we had sputnik. we had all these things that drove us to have a common purpose in america to build our economic base. today, i don't see that. i don't see a sense of urgency, i don't see a sense that we're in a competitive battle here. for jobs. for leadership. in industry. >> you have heard great ideas from these four ceos and you'll hear more from them later in the show. but when we come back, some of my ideas for fixing the nation's job problem. back in a moment. >>> you just heard from four of the top ceos in the world on what they think can help fix america's middle class crisis. what will bring back good jobs to america. let me add some of my own thoughts. the first thing we can do is what we have been doing for almost a generation now, which is kicking the can down the road. we've faced the twin pressures of technology and globalization since the mid-1970s. remember the rise of japan and south kor
in fact, the war itself got us out of a depression and got us into investments in important technologies and industries. and then we had, you know, kind of the -- you know, the cold war. we had sputnik. we had all these things that drove us to have a common purpose in america to build our economic base. today, i don't see that. i don't see a sense of urgency, i don't see a sense that we're in a competitive battle here. for jobs. for leadership. in industry. >> you have heard great ideas...
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i even use the web to get paid. with acceptpay from american express open, we now invoice advertisers and receive payments digitally. and i get paid on average three weeks faster. booming is never looking for a check in the mail. because it's already in my email. when allergies make them itch, don't wait for your pills to kick in. choose alaway, from the eye health experts at bausch & lomb. it works in minutes and up to 12 hours. bausch & lomb alaway. because it's not just your allergies, it's your eyes. >>> now for our question of the week. do you think the united nations is, a, a force for good in the world, b, a bureaucracy that has a very mixed record, or c, actively detrimental to peace and justice. choose one. now to go along with our u.n. theme this week, our book of the week is called "backstabbing for beginners. my crash course in international diplomacy." the book's author worked at the united nations and this is the u.n.'s version of a hollywood tell-all. it's an insider account for the oil for food scand
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there must be a way to regulate us. instead, the banks have paid themselves and did their best to stimy reform. democracy moves slowly. if it moves fast, we might do things we shouldn't do. but it's pretty clear that the reform idea is alooive. this is still not subsided about what wall street did. and that that political anger is going to be channelled into some sort of reform. >> looking at the proposals on the table now, are you broadly comfortable with what senator dodd has proposed? >> yes. at this point, the knee jerk reaction that anyone says in washington is that it's bs. he's saying whatever he's saying because he's going to get paid by wall street firms when he gets out, which may be true. so it's interesting. most of the media commentary has been negative about it. but the actual goal, his stated goals, are exactly the right goals. whether the way -- whether we need two years of studies before we start implementing reforms, i mean, that's a good question. i think we just had three years -- we already had our
there must be a way to regulate us. instead, the banks have paid themselves and did their best to stimy reform. democracy moves slowly. if it moves fast, we might do things we shouldn't do. but it's pretty clear that the reform idea is alooive. this is still not subsided about what wall street did. and that that political anger is going to be channelled into some sort of reform. >> looking at the proposals on the table now, are you broadly comfortable with what senator dodd has proposed?...
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that's always used for good. it can just as well be used for bad. >>> we will be back right after this. >> i think when we come to the state where al qaeda is not successfully carrying out operations or attempting to carry out operations on the american homeland in any violent way that would cause a number of deaths. >> that seeds the initiative entirely to them. sierra hybrid. the most fuel-efficient full-size pickup on the road. may the best truck win. introducing aveeno ultra-calming with active naturals feverfew. we know feverfew... has properties that help neutralize irritation... to strengthen skin and calm redness in just one week. discover new aveeno ultra-calming. i had a great time. me too. you know, i just got out of a bad relatio... it's okay. thanks. goodnight. goodnight. (door crashes in, alarm sounds) get out! (phone rings) hello? this is rick with broadview security. is everything all right? no, my ex-boyfriend just kicked in the front door. i'm sending help right now. thank you. (announcer) brink
that's always used for good. it can just as well be used for bad. >>> we will be back right after this. >> i think when we come to the state where al qaeda is not successfully carrying out operations or attempting to carry out operations on the american homeland in any violent way that would cause a number of deaths. >> that seeds the initiative entirely to them. sierra hybrid. the most fuel-efficient full-size pickup on the road. may the best truck win. introducing aveeno...
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from us. the taliban demanding kickbacks from private security from different contractors to work in the areas are benefiting from us. our money is the main source, is the main cause of the conflict in the first place. all we want is more and more an more, more troops, more money. >> nir i agree with you there's corruption in afghanistan and a lot of the aid money is siphons off with maligned actor. if we weren't there you'd see horrific civil war with kabul getting bombed every day and the taliban eventually taking over that, would happen again if our troops weren't there. >> we'll take a break and talk about what is likely to happen when we do start pulling back 2014, whether that's realistic and what afghanistan will look like after 2014. when we come back. >> it is something you hear very often in afghanistan, people's fear that there would be a return to civil war. ice 1) we've detected an anomaly... (voice 2) how bad is it? (voice 1) traffic's off the chart... (voice 2) they're pinging m
from us. the taliban demanding kickbacks from private security from different contractors to work in the areas are benefiting from us. our money is the main source, is the main cause of the conflict in the first place. all we want is more and more an more, more troops, more money. >> nir i agree with you there's corruption in afghanistan and a lot of the aid money is siphons off with maligned actor. if we weren't there you'd see horrific civil war with kabul getting bombed every day and...
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we'll kill or capture bad guys that stand up to us. the key is to get the city as intact as possible with as little loss of innocent civilian life and then to erect the security apparatus and so forth. keeping in mind that a lot of this depends again on who the civilians side with. there's a shura held yesterday, a number of afghan leaders attended from kabul. we freely acknowledge there are individuals in there who tacitly or perhaps actively may have supported the taliban in the past when they held sway. the key is now to turn them into part of the solution. >> general mcchrystal used a phrase to describe how he thought of the process which is effectively clearer hold, then he said we'll have government in a box ready to bring out. >> yeah. >> i was struck by the expression. if only afghanistan had government in a box. here you have -- the big problem in afghanistan is that the government is weak and indecisive, corrupt and often of the wrong ethnicity. the fact that you could bring a prepackaged gift item from amazon and put it in t
we'll kill or capture bad guys that stand up to us. the key is to get the city as intact as possible with as little loss of innocent civilian life and then to erect the security apparatus and so forth. keeping in mind that a lot of this depends again on who the civilians side with. there's a shura held yesterday, a number of afghan leaders attended from kabul. we freely acknowledge there are individuals in there who tacitly or perhaps actively may have supported the taliban in the past when...
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it is making us wider and shallower. people are aware of a wider range of things but, as you say, are digging in less. nick carr covered this in his book "the shallows." his basis seems to me to be correct. there is no such general capability of multi tasking. we are not good at two things at once by and large. when you look at the great media revolutions, you see that at a certain point society, in integrating new technology also creates structures around it that hold it into place. so there was at some point, depending on the country and between the 18th and 19th century the idea that children should, in general, be literate. we should teach 5-year-olds to read. that's an extraordinary expense and effort society takes on for itself. but it is necessary to integrate the value of the printing press into the culture. so the question i have around these tools is, how are we to manage all of the distracting freedom? the upside of the same tools is that it is an extraordinary increase in freedom of the press and freedom of a
it is making us wider and shallower. people are aware of a wider range of things but, as you say, are digging in less. nick carr covered this in his book "the shallows." his basis seems to me to be correct. there is no such general capability of multi tasking. we are not good at two things at once by and large. when you look at the great media revolutions, you see that at a certain point society, in integrating new technology also creates structures around it that hold it into place....
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a stock of a particular oil company and they asked us. the person who's buying it doesn't care whether we are negative or positive on the equity market or negative or positive on the price of oil, both of which will impact that security. they just want the service of being able to buy and sell that security. >> what about the s.e.c. charge that ikb, the german bank that bought the security, this cdo, should have known that the guy who wanted to sell the securities, who wanted to go short on them, john paulson, the hedge fund manager, actually had a hand in selecting the securities, that this was a case where paulson said i want to design the product, i want to help design the product and the guy buying it didn't realize that the guy going short was actually part of the process of selecting the securities that were being offered. >> in that particular case, and again these are complex -- these are specific patterned. in that particular case the -- excuse me. >> sure. the selection agent with respect to that actually did in fact select the
a stock of a particular oil company and they asked us. the person who's buying it doesn't care whether we are negative or positive on the equity market or negative or positive on the price of oil, both of which will impact that security. they just want the service of being able to buy and sell that security. >> what about the s.e.c. charge that ikb, the german bank that bought the security, this cdo, should have known that the guy who wanted to sell the securities, who wanted to go short...
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war lords are benefiting from us. karzai and his drug dealing brother are benefiting from us. the taliban who are demanding kickbacks from different contracts to work in their areas are benefiting from us. our money is the main source -- is the main cause of the conflict in the first place. so all we want is more and more and more, more troops, more money. >> i agree with you there's a lot of corruption in afghanistan and a lot of our aid money has been siphoned off to very ma li malign actors. if we weren't there, you would see a repeat of the 1990s when you saw horrific civil war with kabul getting bombed every day and with the taliban eventually taking over. that would happen again, if our troops weren't there. >> all right. we are going to take a break and we're going to talk about what is likely to happen when we do start pulling back 2014, whether that's realistic, and what afghanistan will look like after 2014. when we come back. >>> it is something you hear very often in afghanistan. people's fear that there would be a return to civil war. one word turns innovative des
war lords are benefiting from us. karzai and his drug dealing brother are benefiting from us. the taliban who are demanding kickbacks from different contracts to work in their areas are benefiting from us. our money is the main source -- is the main cause of the conflict in the first place. so all we want is more and more and more, more troops, more money. >> i agree with you there's a lot of corruption in afghanistan and a lot of our aid money has been siphoned off to very ma li malign...
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it's going to keep coming at us and i just don't mean us, the united states, i think us internationally until we take steps to finish it off. >> you know, if i look at the intelligence that one gets and reads and it suggests that there are a few hundred al qaeda members or operatives in yemen. by your own admission, that's probably more than there are in afghanistan, yet we have, we will have 100,000 troops in afghanistan. why not take a much more aggressive approach in yemen? >> again, it's a sovereign country and we have great respect for the president there in terms of his, his judgment in terms of what he needs to do this and right now as far as any kind of boots on the ground there with respect to the united states, that's just not, that's not a possibility. i mean, he's -- we're not into those kind of discussions. in all of these, in all of these fights with al qaeda and with terrorists, it is typically relatively small numbers, nimble, agile, very typical and they have studied us and they have adjust and typically it does take larger numbers to get at those. in the case of afghan
it's going to keep coming at us and i just don't mean us, the united states, i think us internationally until we take steps to finish it off. >> you know, if i look at the intelligence that one gets and reads and it suggests that there are a few hundred al qaeda members or operatives in yemen. by your own admission, that's probably more than there are in afghanistan, yet we have, we will have 100,000 troops in afghanistan. why not take a much more aggressive approach in yemen? >>...
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use it almost anywhere you use sugar. even in cooking and baking. sweet! [ female announcer ] splenda® granulated with fiber. i just wish that all of the important information was gathered together in one place. [ printer whirs ] done. ♪ thanks. do you work here? not yet. from tax info to debunking myths, the field guide to evolving your workforce has everything you need. download it now at thinkbeyondthelabel.com. personal pricing now on brakes. tell us what you want to pay. we do our best to make that work. deal! my money. my choice. my meineke. conservative islam as equal to radical islam or violent islam. but i'm going to tell you about a muslim country conservative, religious and peaceful and democratic. it is dealt so well with terror and extremism within its borders it is now modeled at other nations are trying to follow. the nation is malaysia. when secretary of state hillary clinton was in its capital this week she endorsed the malaysian prime minister najib's call. when the prime minister was in new york a few weeks ago i talked to him about h
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i don't mean you, i mean us, the media. in dealing with a serious problem involving technical breakdown, engineering malfunctions, environmental fallout, regulatory mishaps, the media has decided to hone in on one central issue above all others, presidential emotion. the overriding need of the hour we have decided is not a cleanup plan, not a regulatory overhaul, not a new energy policy, but the image of the president visibly enraged. take a look at these clips put together by ben from "the huffington post." >> in this oil crisis the president's critics are out in force claiming he's too unemotional. >> president obama is being criticized for not showing enough emotion in response to this gulf oil leak. >> is it time for the president to show emotion. >> we want to know what you think, should president obama show more emotion? >> we've been talking a lot about whether or not the president is responding, emoting enough. >> not showing enough emotion. >> what do you think, should president obama be shoring more emotion? >> wh
i don't mean you, i mean us, the media. in dealing with a serious problem involving technical breakdown, engineering malfunctions, environmental fallout, regulatory mishaps, the media has decided to hone in on one central issue above all others, presidential emotion. the overriding need of the hour we have decided is not a cleanup plan, not a regulatory overhaul, not a new energy policy, but the image of the president visibly enraged. take a look at these clips put together by ben from...
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i even use the web to get paid. with acceptpay from american express open, we now invoice advertisers and receive payments digitally. and i get paid on average three weeks faster. booming is never looking for a check in the mail. because it's already in my email. i use capzasin quick relief gel. [ male announcer ] starts working on contact and at the nerve level to block pain for hours. capzasin. takes the pain out of arthritis. >>> and we are back with william browder, once russia's largest investor to tell an extraordinary story. so they first tried to steal the money from your companies. but when they discover your companies don't have any money left in them, they steal the money from the russian state. >> so exactly. so you basically have sharks feeding on their own blood. it's the most extraordinary thing. everybody ask is me, how can the government have allowed this to happen. because highup officials in the government were part of the conspiracy to do this. so sergey magnitsky was the brilliant lawyer who was
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we said to sergey, help us figure out what's going on with all this lawsuits. he was the one who figured out that the companies had been stolen and transferred to the convicted murderer and figured out that these judgments had been entered into, these huge billion dollar judgments had been entered against our companies. he was the one who figured out that the police were the one who had the documents that made this all possible. and then he figured out something else, and this is the most astounding part of the whole story, that the reason to steal the companies, the reason to create this billion dollars of judgments was in order for the people who stole our companies to then go to the tax authorities and claim that a billion dollars of profits these companies had made in previous years and $230 million of taxes that we had paid in previous years shouldn't have been paid. because there was a fake billion dollars of losses. and they took these fake losses along with the companies that they stole and they went to the tax authorities in moscow and they applied for
we said to sergey, help us figure out what's going on with all this lawsuits. he was the one who figured out that the companies had been stolen and transferred to the convicted murderer and figured out that these judgments had been entered into, these huge billion dollar judgments had been entered against our companies. he was the one who figured out that the police were the one who had the documents that made this all possible. and then he figured out something else, and this is the most...
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we used to be, not so long ago, the world's greatest manufacturer. we haven't got any big cost disadvantage relative to europe or other developed countries. but the emerging world certainly has a big competitive advantage. >> when you look at this crisis, there are many regulatory problems, there are many issues that the bankers did wrong, many issues government regulators did wrong. but many people argue, look, the one key issue, the biggest weapon the united states government has to slow down, to tamp down excesses, is to have raised the interest rate. do you believe during this period, if interest rates had been higher, some of this would have been -- some of this froth would have subsided? >> well, i have a certain role that ex-chairmen of the federal reserve don't comment of monetary policy of their successors. i'm tell you how good monetary policy was 30 years ago. i don't want to comment on it now. but i don't think there's any question the federal reserve and the other regulators -- it wasn't just the federal reserve -- were not on the top of
we used to be, not so long ago, the world's greatest manufacturer. we haven't got any big cost disadvantage relative to europe or other developed countries. but the emerging world certainly has a big competitive advantage. >> when you look at this crisis, there are many regulatory problems, there are many issues that the bankers did wrong, many issues government regulators did wrong. but many people argue, look, the one key issue, the biggest weapon the united states government has to...
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in any normal economic time many of us would have voted to let it go. government shouldn't be saving losers and helping winners and so on. we weren't in normal economic time. this was early march of 2009. the economy was in free fall. the stock market was in free-fall. we didn't know if the financial markets were going to recover or not. and chrysler would have been 300,000 jobs on day one. .2% on the unemployment rate. that was a social experiment that we didn't really want to take if we thought chrysler could be saved. and we thought chrysler could be saved. >> looking forward is the american car industry viable with three companies? should it really pair down over time to two? >> i believe that we restructured gm and chrysler to a place where for the foreseeable future it can make money. it involved sacrifice for workers. this is not the american dream for how people see their benefits and even their wages go down. but this is what was necessary to compete globally. gm's base wages are $28. in mexico gm pays $7 an hour. in india, gm pays $1 an hour a
in any normal economic time many of us would have voted to let it go. government shouldn't be saving losers and helping winners and so on. we weren't in normal economic time. this was early march of 2009. the economy was in free fall. the stock market was in free-fall. we didn't know if the financial markets were going to recover or not. and chrysler would have been 300,000 jobs on day one. .2% on the unemployment rate. that was a social experiment that we didn't really want to take if we...
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to stand with us. i would say maybe not because arab streets will not be there and arab governments at the end of the daycare most about remaining in power and they're very worried about getting at logger heads with their own people and i think in the arab streets there's much more support for iran and ahmadinejad to be against another attack on a muslim country. so i don't take a lot of comfort from the idea that the arab leadership supports us. the real question also is would they allow to us put our planes on their bases? would the saudis be willing to put out several million barrels a day of more oil in order to help calm the oil markets? and the question you have to ask yourself, does that make this that more difficult. if so, it's a real loss. >> it definitely makes it more difficult. and the most important thing, we now see clearly what was being carefully done behind the scenes to says up an anti-iran yap coalition and by making it transparent, i think we may have destroyed it or, rather, the l
to stand with us. i would say maybe not because arab streets will not be there and arab governments at the end of the daycare most about remaining in power and they're very worried about getting at logger heads with their own people and i think in the arab streets there's much more support for iran and ahmadinejad to be against another attack on a muslim country. so i don't take a lot of comfort from the idea that the arab leadership supports us. the real question also is would they allow to us...
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t tell us more. fill if tn the details. >> look, there was pressure, for example, to nationalize banks. there still is an ongoing debate about whether that would or would not have been a good idea. but the president did not do that. one would think this a socialist would be all in favor of jumping at the opportunity to nationalize banks. he has maintained the basic structure of our capitalist system, despite the fact that we've ne through a very dramatic period. so i think that reflectsan -- i mean, the word i would say is attempt at- -- is yearning for pragmatic problems and solutions just did not fit. >> people say he's never spent time in private business. i reali that he was briefly at a private law firm. some people would doubt whether that counts. but this he doesn't have a feel or business. and that very few people in his administration have that feel. >> well, i don't know that his previous experience really speaks to where his yoknow, what his policy outlook is. >> alan greenspan was asked o
t tell us more. fill if tn the details. >> look, there was pressure, for example, to nationalize banks. there still is an ongoing debate about whether that would or would not have been a good idea. but the president did not do that. one would think this a socialist would be all in favor of jumping at the opportunity to nationalize banks. he has maintained the basic structure of our capitalist system, despite the fact that we've ne through a very dramatic period. so i think that reflectsan...
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what does it tell us? we're in this big crisis and perhaps neither left or right -- >> lionel is right in saying that you can simultaneously have, as in the 1930s -- you're quite right about that -- you can have a kind of uprush of adrenaline-driven populist fury, a kind of animal lashing out really. scapegoa scapegoats. in father coughlin's case it was the jews among others. at the same time, if you have a shrewd, determined canny leader of true setting the bar very high like franklin roosevelt and those around him. he can actually sponge up some of that anger and say, i understand you, i hear you and the presidency and my government is not the enemy of the forgotten man, of the small man. here is what we're trying to do to make sure you and your children -- at the moment, we have to say barack obama has only, we would only give him a "b," at best, doing that. because sponging up populist fury is so not his style. when he has it, he probably goes and plays a round of pickup hoop. >> he's what was describe
what does it tell us? we're in this big crisis and perhaps neither left or right -- >> lionel is right in saying that you can simultaneously have, as in the 1930s -- you're quite right about that -- you can have a kind of uprush of adrenaline-driven populist fury, a kind of animal lashing out really. scapegoa scapegoats. in father coughlin's case it was the jews among others. at the same time, if you have a shrewd, determined canny leader of true setting the bar very high like franklin...
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he'll tell us what he sees in the u.s. jobs picture and also tell us why he was blocked by the gop from a spot on the federal reserve. >>> next up, afghanistan is talking to the taliban, iraq still doesn't have a government, currency wars are breaking out all over the globe. we'll spin the globe and talk about all of this and much more be a great "gps" panel. >>> what in the world, al qaeda attacks on paper, we'll explain. >>> now iraq has been without a government for longer than any nation in all of history. we'll talk to one of the major players in the impasse, former prime minister iyad allawi. and finally a last look at the mine in chile. if you didn't think there was anymore good news that could come out of there, we've actually got some. let's get started. >>> in these fractious times the only thing americans seem to be able to agree on is that unemployment is the most important issue in the land and with the official unemployment rate at 9.6%, that's understandable. americans want answers and people want jobs, and
he'll tell us what he sees in the u.s. jobs picture and also tell us why he was blocked by the gop from a spot on the federal reserve. >>> next up, afghanistan is talking to the taliban, iraq still doesn't have a government, currency wars are breaking out all over the globe. we'll spin the globe and talk about all of this and much more be a great "gps" panel. >>> what in the world, al qaeda attacks on paper, we'll explain. >>> now iraq has been without a...
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whitman will tell us. first up, he led a nation of more than 60 million people for more than ten years. former british prime minister tony blair on the highest levels of leadership. >>> prime minister blair, thank you for joining us. >> my pleasure, fareed. >> do you think that political leadership is different from leadership in the military, business spheres? is there something unique about the nature of politics? >> no. i think this is interesting, actually, because in my view, no. when i think of the great leaders that i know, i won't just think of political leaders. i will think of business leaders. i will think of leaders of community organizations. i will think of, you know, of a few managers of soccer clubs i know. the coaches at some of those clubs, they're great leaders. >> what's the common trait? >> the common trait is a clear sense of what you want to achieve, the ability to step up and step out and not step back when responsibility comes knocking, and a willingness to do things that are diffi
whitman will tell us. first up, he led a nation of more than 60 million people for more than ten years. former british prime minister tony blair on the highest levels of leadership. >>> prime minister blair, thank you for joining us. >> my pleasure, fareed. >> do you think that political leadership is different from leadership in the military, business spheres? is there something unique about the nature of politics? >> no. i think this is interesting, actually,...
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we don't know what that's going to mean for us. financial reform, we don't know what that's going to mean for us. do you think that's a fair point? >> i think it's a fair point that there is a -- there is some strain in the relationship between the business community and government. if i were the business community, and i would start with that, if i may, i think i would start and look at what obama's actually done. and i think what he's actually done -- let's haev health care aside for the moment because it's a complicated issue. they've got a big with a lot of interesting pieces in it, but paul is very knowledgeable. some interesting views on that. but if you look at what they did with the stimulus and dealing with financial institutions, i think they brought us back from the brink. financial reform i think is a very sensible piece of legislation though i think there are other things we need to do. if you put it on a yellow pad they look pretty good. in fact, i think they look very good. but there clearly are a lot of strains sxip
we don't know what that's going to mean for us. financial reform, we don't know what that's going to mean for us. do you think that's a fair point? >> i think it's a fair point that there is a -- there is some strain in the relationship between the business community and government. if i were the business community, and i would start with that, if i may, i think i would start and look at what obama's actually done. and i think what he's actually done -- let's haev health care aside for...
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so in fact, the intel world tipped us in the right direction with respect to that. this was somebody that didn't have a meeting with karzai, as far as i know. he was meeting with his intermediaries. there are an awful lot of good people in a very complex world trying to make sure we get the intel right. >> we have to take a break. when we come back, we'll talk about iraq, iran, yemen, all the fun spots in the world with the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, when we come back. >> last week on this program, mohammad larijani, a senior iranian official, we absolutely, categorically, have no intention of nuclearization. no nuclear weapons, just a nuclear program. do you believe that? >> i don't believe it for a succeed. ♪ for he's a jolly good fellow ♪ the meeting's tomorrow in dallas ♪ ♪ we need to finish those projections ♪ ♪ then output the final presentations ♪ ♪ sally, i'm gonna need 40 copies, obviously collated ♪ what's going on? when we're crunched for time, brad combines office celebrations with official business. it's about efficiency. [
so in fact, the intel world tipped us in the right direction with respect to that. this was somebody that didn't have a meeting with karzai, as far as i know. he was meeting with his intermediaries. there are an awful lot of good people in a very complex world trying to make sure we get the intel right. >> we have to take a break. when we come back, we'll talk about iraq, iran, yemen, all the fun spots in the world with the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, when we come back....
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i would not use that word. i know what a negotiation looks like, and these are things that you're referring to are mostly described by contacts and discussions, not involving the united states. let's not leave the viewers with the impression that some kind of secret negotiation like the famous secret negotiations on vietnam is taking place, because it's not. >> but wouldn't it be necessary to -- for something like that to happen for some kind of a peace deal to be struck? >> a peace deal requires agreements, and you don't make agreements with your friends, you make agreements with your enemies. but in this particular case, unlike the two issues i mentioned a moment ago, there is no clear single address that you go to. there's no ho chi minh. there's no slobodan milosevic. there's no palestinian authority. there is a widely dispersed group of people that we roughly call the enemy. there's al qaeda, with which there's no possibility of any discussion at all. there is the taliban under mullah omar, and that seems
i would not use that word. i know what a negotiation looks like, and these are things that you're referring to are mostly described by contacts and discussions, not involving the united states. let's not leave the viewers with the impression that some kind of secret negotiation like the famous secret negotiations on vietnam is taking place, because it's not. >> but wouldn't it be necessary to -- for something like that to happen for some kind of a peace deal to be struck? >> a peace...
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but let us be very clear. pakistan does not share or appreciate the taliban's vision for afghanistan or for pakistan. we want to make sure that we enter the 21st century as a modern muslim democratic nation, and we do not wish for afghanistan anything we do not wish for pakistan. >> all i'm wondering is if two years ago they had these ties is it reasonable for us to assume, are we being asked to assume too much to say just because mr. haqqani is now the ambassador and his views are, you know, wiser that the pakistani military has turned its back on three decades or four decades of activity in one year? >> i know that the general view, and you also expressed this many times, is that the pakistani civilian government is weak. now, i understand that there will be misgivings based on the past. but the u.s. leadership, and you will notice that president obama has weighed in, admiral mullen has weighed in, we have heard from national security adviser jim jones, they've all made it very clear that what is happening t
but let us be very clear. pakistan does not share or appreciate the taliban's vision for afghanistan or for pakistan. we want to make sure that we enter the 21st century as a modern muslim democratic nation, and we do not wish for afghanistan anything we do not wish for pakistan. >> all i'm wondering is if two years ago they had these ties is it reasonable for us to assume, are we being asked to assume too much to say just because mr. haqqani is now the ambassador and his views are, you...
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stay with us. >>> mr. secretary, thank you for joining us. >> nice to see you. >> you know, whenever people talk about you, there is often a mention of your ties to wall street. and in point of fact, you've never worked on wall street, you were chairman of the new york federal reserve, which is a kind of oversight body, but you've as far as i know never held a private sector job. you've worked in the public sector, i guess you worked for kissinger for a brief period. >> i don't think most people think that counts as a private sector. i say i never had a real job. almost right out of graduate school i came and worked as a very junior public servant of the treasury and spent my entire professional life since in some form of policy job. >> but how does it make you feel when you hear these charges that you are somehow in bed with wall street firms? >> well, i find the charge, the myth that i worked on wall street all my life somewhat amusing. but it is part of a narrative that hardened, which is that people ca
stay with us. >>> mr. secretary, thank you for joining us. >> nice to see you. >> you know, whenever people talk about you, there is often a mention of your ties to wall street. and in point of fact, you've never worked on wall street, you were chairman of the new york federal reserve, which is a kind of oversight body, but you've as far as i know never held a private sector job. you've worked in the public sector, i guess you worked for kissinger for a brief period....
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god put the earth here for us to utilize it. and, you know, we can laugh that off except the guy who is going to be taking over the energy commission, john shimkus, he's a real winner. he says we don't have to worry about global warming because in the bible, god promised noah after the flood, you know, noah, 5900-year-old man who got two of every animal on the ship and got them to -- okay. he promised he wouldn't wipe out the world again, so why are we worrying about global warming. you're a man of the world. what does the rest of the world think of this country? it is embarrassing that we have these yokels in charge. they must be laughing at us in almost every world capital when they hear something like that. >> bill maher, always a pleasure. >> good to see you. >> we'll be right back. >>> our question this week from the gps challenge is julian assange has been placed on interpol's most wanted list. what's he accused of and where? is it a, espionage in the u.s., b, violation of the official secrets act in the uk, c, sex crimes
god put the earth here for us to utilize it. and, you know, we can laugh that off except the guy who is going to be taking over the energy commission, john shimkus, he's a real winner. he says we don't have to worry about global warming because in the bible, god promised noah after the flood, you know, noah, 5900-year-old man who got two of every animal on the ship and got them to -- okay. he promised he wouldn't wipe out the world again, so why are we worrying about global warming. you're a...
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get used to more. ♪ >>> hello, everyone. i'm fredricka whitfield at the cnn headquarters in atlanta. here's a quick look at the top stories. an endorsement for nancy pelosi from the man in charge of getting democrats elected in the house. he made his comment on cnn's "state of the union" this morning. >> look, on tuesday, this was a lot bigger than nancy pelosi. we lost over 607 state legislators. 19 state legislative bodies switched control from democrats to republicans. we lost a lot of governorships. what this was all about, and understandably so, was a referendum on 9.5% unemployment and a feeling that we had not made enough progress. >>> all right. overseas, the president and mrs. obama spent some time with india's younger generation today. they visited local schools and a college on the second day of their visit to india. at one stop, they saw students performing dances to mark an indian religious holiday. the president joined in with a few steps and the students taught the first lady how to twirl a little bit as well.
get used to more. ♪ >>> hello, everyone. i'm fredricka whitfield at the cnn headquarters in atlanta. here's a quick look at the top stories. an endorsement for nancy pelosi from the man in charge of getting democrats elected in the house. he made his comment on cnn's "state of the union" this morning. >> look, on tuesday, this was a lot bigger than nancy pelosi. we lost over 607 state legislators. 19 state legislative bodies switched control from democrats to...
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what they used to call me-to republicans. republicans in name only. to purify idelogically the party. they succeeded in that. what they did is to leave themselves with a party that is fairly uniform in its views so that even at the height of his popularity, barack obama couldn't get republican votes for the stimulus package. even then. >> but that's exactly the opposite of what is happening now, sam. purism took a hit in new jersey and virginia in massachusetts. people were practical, they voted on issues. they voted for republicans who are conservative economically but very nonsnarling who are not guys who you can look at and say, that is an idlog. i interviewed scott brown, the senator elect, i guess, from massachusetts two days ago. the first thing he did was compliment obama. something new is going on. it is a certain, it's a growing pragmatism among the tea party people who voted in virginia, new jersey and massachusetts for guys they were not 100% on the page for. >> what did lindsey graham say after the election on tuesday? he said if you're a
what they used to call me-to republicans. republicans in name only. to purify idelogically the party. they succeeded in that. what they did is to leave themselves with a party that is fairly uniform in its views so that even at the height of his popularity, barack obama couldn't get republican votes for the stimulus package. even then. >> but that's exactly the opposite of what is happening now, sam. purism took a hit in new jersey and virginia in massachusetts. people were practical,...
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us on this question, it seems to me you've opened up a can of worms. i mean, we would never, ever tolerate that, it seems to me for non-muslims in this country, and that seems to me a profound double standard. >> look, all the time we are asking, particularly in your corner of the media, asking serious questions about the kind of stuff being preached in evangelical -- >> but not to say close down the church. >> in the immediate wake of 9/11 that this was due to immorality in america and so forth. >> but i'm not saying he can't have his church -- >> i'm not saying he can't have his church, either. i'm not saying he can't have his mosque. i'm not talking about rights. i think we're talking past one another, peter, and this is what i'm trying to get at. this is not a patter -- the right and wrong of it does not simply extend to the constitutional question. >> but what i'm saying is -- >> the rights of if are indisputable and i'm not debating the subject. >> i think this is a distinction without a difference. if you're saying people have the right but they
us on this question, it seems to me you've opened up a can of worms. i mean, we would never, ever tolerate that, it seems to me for non-muslims in this country, and that seems to me a profound double standard. >> look, all the time we are asking, particularly in your corner of the media, asking serious questions about the kind of stuff being preached in evangelical -- >> but not to say close down the church. >> in the immediate wake of 9/11 that this was due to immorality in...
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al qaeda harm us, not the islam. secretary of state clinton, when she said like she was against the burning of koran. even secretary of defense, you know, gates, he phoned the guy himself. he spoke with him. i really appreciate this. and we should admire this. this is exactly the kind of cooperation we need. >> so you wrote this letter and the end of it you say "i believe i am expressing the views of the vast majority of muslims, who wish to see their religion regain the respect it has lost and who long to carry the name of muslim with pride." and you give a lot of details in this letter to convince bin laden of your credibility. do you think he will read this letter? and do you think it will make an impact? >> yeah. i am 100% sure he will read it and the people around him. so i'm thinking about the young muslims, which they still at the age maybe they will, as i told you, want to be a terrorist, want to be al qaeda. it will give them like a second thought about it. i'm giving them, because terrorism, i believe it's
al qaeda harm us, not the islam. secretary of state clinton, when she said like she was against the burning of koran. even secretary of defense, you know, gates, he phoned the guy himself. he spoke with him. i really appreciate this. and we should admire this. this is exactly the kind of cooperation we need. >> so you wrote this letter and the end of it you say "i believe i am expressing the views of the vast majority of muslims, who wish to see their religion regain the respect it...
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stay with us. >>> mr. second fair, thank you for joining us. >> nice to see you. >> when people talk about you, there is often a mention of your ties to wall street. and in point of fact you have never worked on wall street. you were chairman of the new york federal reserve, but you never held a private sector job. you worked in the public sector, kissinger for a brief period. >> i don't think most people count that as the private sector. basically almost out of graduate school i came and worked as a very junior public servant at the treasury, and spent my entire professional life since in some form of policy job. >> but how does it make you feel when you hear these charges that you are somehow in bed with wall street firms? >> i find that the charge that the myth that i worked in wall street amusing. but it is part of a narrative that hardened, which is that people came to view the judgments we were making through the prism of a myth, that we were here with experience tarnished by that, which is not true.
stay with us. >>> mr. second fair, thank you for joining us. >> nice to see you. >> when people talk about you, there is often a mention of your ties to wall street. and in point of fact you have never worked on wall street. you were chairman of the new york federal reserve, but you never held a private sector job. you worked in the public sector, kissinger for a brief period. >> i don't think most people count that as the private sector. basically almost out of...
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-- that he may be using drugs. i don't know that. but it -- i wouldn't have said it if i had not thought there was a significant possibility that that was true. this behavior is very strange. >> what you have heard from within the palace, do it speak of particular drugs? >> well, hashish use or marijuana is quite common in afghanistan. i want to be clear, i have not heard any indcation that he has used opium or heroin. >> and this behavior would be consistent with some kind of drug problem? >> what is clear -- i think we should keep the focus on what we know what is clear is that his behavior is very erratic, it is counterproductive to his country. here he has 100,000 u.s. troops on the ground fighting to keep him in power, support his government, and he announces he's going over to the enemy? he is the beneficiary of one of the most fraudulent elections in history, and he accuses the united nations and the individual who blew the whistle on the fraud of committing the fraud? this is not a credible or rationale pol
-- that he may be using drugs. i don't know that. but it -- i wouldn't have said it if i had not thought there was a significant possibility that that was true. this behavior is very strange. >> what you have heard from within the palace, do it speak of particular drugs? >> well, hashish use or marijuana is quite common in afghanistan. i want to be clear, i have not heard any indcation that he has used opium or heroin. >> and this behavior would be consistent with some kind of...
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it's not locking us up. you know, my worry, my risk -- or rather the worry i have for you is that you risk minimizing the possibility that faithful muslims can also be reformers but ultimately worries me is that when you talk about christianity being a reformed religion, remember that it took, as you rightfully pointed out, a long time for it to get there, but if martin luther's predecessors had fallen for the kind of pessimism that you're talking about, they probably wouldn't have even tried and laid the seed bed for martin luther's ideas to then blossom. >> in those days they were probably told the christians to reform to islam. >> they were told to convert, make use of science, learning, people were learning and experimenting and that has inspired me more than everything else. why not look at science, christianity. >> but you're saying -- you're saying -- you're saying the exact opposite. >> you're only for answers in the koran. >> i'm not but you're saying there are absolutely no answers in the koran. in
it's not locking us up. you know, my worry, my risk -- or rather the worry i have for you is that you risk minimizing the possibility that faithful muslims can also be reformers but ultimately worries me is that when you talk about christianity being a reformed religion, remember that it took, as you rightfully pointed out, a long time for it to get there, but if martin luther's predecessors had fallen for the kind of pessimism that you're talking about, they probably wouldn't have even tried...
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he's going to explain to us why. welcome, george osborne. >> good to be here. >> what to make of these protests, and the last i remember these protests they were margaret thatcher taking on the miners. is this as serious a moment in britain's history? >> i don't think it's the same. there have been protests, there were protests about the iraq war, very big protests under tony blair. obviously some students don't want to pay higher fees, that's what the issue was with this particular disturbance. we were seeking a higher contribution from students for their university education. but we believe not only does it help deal with that budget deficit that you entered the program, but it's also about making sure that british universities have stable sources of funding and are up there, competing with the best american universities and chinese and indian universities and maintaining britain as a world leader in higher education. the point is it's just one of the examples of the reforms that we're doing, which are both about r
he's going to explain to us why. welcome, george osborne. >> good to be here. >> what to make of these protests, and the last i remember these protests they were margaret thatcher taking on the miners. is this as serious a moment in britain's history? >> i don't think it's the same. there have been protests, there were protests about the iraq war, very big protests under tony blair. obviously some students don't want to pay higher fees, that's what the issue was with this...
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al qaeda harmed us, not islam. and secretary of state clinton said when she was against burning of koran, even secretary of defense, he phoned the guy himself. he spoke with himself. i appreciate this, admire this. this is exactly the kind of cooperation we need. >> so you wrote this letter, and the end of the, you say i believe i'm expressing the views of the vast majority of muslims who which to see the religion regain the respect it's lost. and you give a lot of details to convince bin laden of your credibility. do you think he will read this letter? do you think it will make an impact? >> i am 100% sure he will read it. and the people around him. so i'm thinking about the young muslims, which they still maybe they want to be a terrorist, be al qaeda. it will give them a second thought about it terrorism, i believe it's a circus. it used to have just one gate, which allows you to get in. the problem is, we need to open gates to get out of that cycle this is my work. i believe it will help a lot of people. youth
al qaeda harmed us, not islam. and secretary of state clinton said when she was against burning of koran, even secretary of defense, he phoned the guy himself. he spoke with himself. i appreciate this, admire this. this is exactly the kind of cooperation we need. >> so you wrote this letter, and the end of the, you say i believe i'm expressing the views of the vast majority of muslims who which to see the religion regain the respect it's lost. and you give a lot of details to convince bin...